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SCOTT ROBERT ECKBERG
Scott was born and raised in the state of Minnesota. He has always had great interest in art, but he had never taken any training until college. Bethany College in Mankato, Minnesota was his first exposure which ignited the flame that followed him to the University of Minnesota. He did not follow his passion after college until 1998, when he decided to further his training as an artist.
Minnesota River School of Fine Art was his first step forward, which encouraged him to follow a traditional approach and painting from life. Next, combining his love with his passion to travel, he takes his first workshop with Jim Wilcox in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Landscape painting from life became his focus by continuing to study with some of the finest plein air painters in the country. The list includes, Scott Christensen, Richard McDaniel, Jay Moore, Ralph Oberg, Matt Smith, Skip Whitcomb, and Dan Young.
AWARDS & EXHIBITIONS
2008 Wyoming Plein Air Juried Exhibition
* 3rd Place with his painting "Trout Shadows"
2007 Oil Painters of America / Central Regional Juried Exhibition
* "First of Spring" Topeka, Kansas - September 28th through November 10th
2007 Estes Park Plein Air
2007 River Boat Art Fest, Aitkin, Minnesota
* "Ripple River" Quick Draw - First Place
2006 Oil Painters of America / Annual National Juried Exhibition
* "First of the Season"
2006 Estes Park Plein Air
2006 Bloomington Art Center / Members Juried Exhibition
* "A Course of Winter" Award of Merit
2005 Estes Park Plein Air
* Runner-up "Quick Draw"
2004 Extremely Minnesota Juried Exhibition
2004 Arts in Harmony / Annual National Show
* Best Oil or Acrylic
2004 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
* Traveling Show
2004 Bloomington Art Center / Members Juried Exhibition
* Honerable Mention
2003 Arts in Harmony / Annual National Show
2003 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
* Traveling Show
2003 3rd Congressional District High School Art Competition
* Judge
2003 Arts for the Parks / First Miniature Competition
* Top 75
2003 North Light Magazine
* "Member of the Issue" - November
2000 Arts for the Parks / Annual National Show
* "Second 100"
AFFILIATIONS
Oil Painters of America
Outdoor Painters of Minnesota
Bloomington Art Center
Minneapolis Institute of Art
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